Six-Year-Old Child Suspended For Making Gun Shape With Hand

‘It’s a familiar tale, as Elijah Thurston became just another in a long list of children to be punished for innocent imaginary play.

The boy allegedly made the gun shape with his hand and said, “You’re dead” while pointing at another child in his class.

Elijah was given a one day suspension for “threats against peers”, and was forced to undergo a lecture from a school administrator at Stratton Meadows Elementary School, regarding “what it means to be dead.”

The reeducation also consisted of ensuring Elijah no longer confuses “make-believe” or things in games with reality, according krdo News. The incident could be permanently logged on the boy’s behavior record.’

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